Satwant Singh

Satwant Singh (1962-1989) was a Sikh bodyguard of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India, and Satwant and Bhai Beant Singh both killed Gandhi in 1984 after finding her responsible for Operation Blue Star.

Biography
Satwant Singh was born in 1962 in Amritsar, Punjab, India to a Sikh family, and Singh was a soldier in the elite forces of the Indian Army. Alongside Bhai Beant Singh, Singh was assigned to the security detail of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and in 1984 he was motivated to betray Gandhi after she ordered the siege of the Golden Temple, the holiest site in Sikhism. He was sentenced to death by hanging in 1989, and he was hanged after giving a speech denouncing religious hatred as well as Rajiv Gandhi.